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I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
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AND October 1, 2012...
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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The Sense Of An Ending.
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But right back where we started from.
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Last Call for Classical Gifts
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
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a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
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a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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The World's First Computer
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This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Beware the Lides of March
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Sparta and… Scotland?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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A Collection of...
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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Hundred Rabbits
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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CrimethInc.
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Flashbak
Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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